Telecommunications infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom and specialised water management company, Global Omnium have partnered to roll out an Internet of Things (IoT) network in the towns of Burjassot and la Pobla de Farnals in the Valencia region, Spain.
This is to facilitate overall water management to the public and/or private sector entities of these municipalities by installing sensors, data collection and transmission and providing an IoT platform for managing such data, which provide information in real time and remotely, so that they can act manually and/or automatically throughout the whole water cycle.
Adesal Telecom, a Valencia-based company owned by Cellnex and Global Omnium, is the responsible for operating and maintaining this IoT network, which is based on LoRa technology, that facilitate automatic detection of leaks – and preventive actions on these -, remote meter reading or digital customer service and electronic invoicing, among other services.
Cellnex has extensive experience, especially in Spain – including the Balearic and Canary Islands – in the roll-out, maintenance and operation of multi-technology IoT networks to which more than 2 million objects are currently connected daily.
These networks stand out for their low bandwidth, long range, robustness and energy efficiency. They have a direct effect on situations in everyday life, such as traffic regulation, optimising urban resources or monitoring and geolocation in the logistics sector, among others.
Cellnex uses its Smartbrain platform and its wireless connectivity network infrastructures to provide access and secure transmission of the data collected using IoT sensors, Edge Computing systems or other information sources and systems.
